etsmax Year Box, 1900"—Ry sir]
Stanley Heed nnd S. T, Sheppard (Times of India" Press, Bombay).
Whenever India comes under discussion many people protest that they cannot follow events in that country out of ignorant: the conditions. As a result, intelligent study of what is really a problem of empire-wide importance is often Reglected. Yet the means of securing reliable information about India are by no means lacking, apart altogether from writing in the press, For many years now the "Times of India" Press has published an Indian Year Book, which has grown in process of to India what Whitaker is to England. The current issue has just reached Shanghai, and is the 17th of the series, edited by the former. editor and the present editor respectively of the "Times of Indi There is hardly a subject of Indian administration which is not deal with and the personalities of the Legislatures and of the various Central and Provincial Governments. bat let it not be thought ig a mere dry-as-dust_ reference. The section on the peoples of India. alone (covering 15 pages) is simply packed with the most fascinating Information, and the necessary statistics are displayed in such a manner az to reduce boredom to a minimum. Indian art, Indian' architecture, industrial arts and archaeology are dealt with concisely and with the accuracy of the expert knowledge on which the editors are able lavishly to drove. There is a tabloid history. of India which brings events right up to the declaration of Lord Tewin last Novem ber. chapter ment of India and the election results in the various provinces. It will be seen that the electorate for the Legislative Assembly (equivalent to the House of Commons) is 1,125,602 and at the last Election the total number of voters for contested seats was 8.350437, lo the number of voters polling was just under half that figure.
algo a useful little "Who's section which further developed, prehensive a collection of names that it may be said adequately to cover most requirements.
With the emergence of the Indian problem as an urgent Imperial fa sue, this book cannot be ignored. Tt is of interest to. the political student and to the businessman who has relations with India—e.t,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.